Attachment fob cash-begistebs



R. N. WHITE, JR.

ATTACHMENT FOR CASH R EGISTERS.

APPLICATION FTLE D NOV. 9. 1918.

1,306,240. Patented June 10, 1919.

2 SHEETSSHEET I.

30mm who;

attozncqa R. N. WHITE, JR. ATTACHMENTFQR CASH REGISTERS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9 1918.

Patented June 10, 1919.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

' avwewkoz m J j atto'znup ROBERT N. WHITE, .13., or GREENVILLE, TEXAS.

ATTACHMENT FOR CASH-REGISTERS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 10, 1919,

Application filed November 9, 1918. Serial No. 261,906.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ROBERT N. WHITE, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at Greenv'ille, in the county of Hunt and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Attachment for Gash-Registers, of-which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an attachment for cash registers whereby losses due to forgetfulness or dishonesty of clerks making sales, are materially reduced.

In some stores it has been the practice to have the salesman wrap the purchases on a counter, receive the money therefor and then enter the sales and deposit the cash in the register. Very often the latter transaction is overlooked by mistake, forgetfulness, or dishonesty, with the result that leakages occur that often amount to considerable sums.

It is an object of the present invention to combine with an ordinary cash register, an attachment whereby it is not possible to remove paper for wrapping purposes until after the drawer of the cash register has been opened by the salesman recording the amount of the purchase, the location of the wrapping paper close to the register tendin g to-hold the customer in front of the register where the amount of the sale will be visible in the register and the likelihood of a false record reduced to the minimum.

It is also designed, by utilizing means for preventing the removal of wrapping paper unless the drawer is open, to compel the operation of the register every time a sale is made.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims, it being understood that various changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

I11 said drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a cash register having the present improvements combined therewith, the paper rack being shown in section and the attachment in position to prevent unrolling of the paper.

' F ig. 2 isa side elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 1, the positions of th parts, when the drawer of the cash register is open, being indicated by dotted lines.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the drawer and the crank connected thereto.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a portion of the attachment and drawer and showing the relative positions of the parts when the drawer is half-way out.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates a wrapping counter on which is mounted a cash register 2 adjacent which is a rack 3 supporting superposed rolls 4 of wrapping paper. The attachment constituting the present invention includes an upstanding frame 5 or the like secured to the counter between the rolls 4 and the cash register, and in this frame is journaled a shaft 6 one end of which extends between two of the rolls 4 while its other end has a crank arm 7 This arm 7 is close to one side of the path of movement of the drawer 2 of the cash register and is connected to one side of the drawer, at the front thereof, by a link 8. Secured to that end of the shaft 6 remote from the crank 7 is a guard rod 9 so proportioned that, when it is in a vertical position, it will extend in front of and close to all of the rolls of paper 4 and prevent sheets from being torn therefrom. When it is in a horizontal position, however, it will lie between the levels of two adjoining rolls 4 and allow paper to be unrolled from any of said rolls.

When the drawer 2 is closed the rod 9 is in vertical position. VVhen the drawer is opened, the link 8 thrusts against the crank 7, swings thereover, as shown in Fig. 4, and then pulls on the crank until the rod 9 is brought to horizontal position. In closing the drawer the foregoing operation is reversed and the rod 9 brought to vertical posltion.

What is claimed is 1. An attachment for cash registers, including a paper holding rack, a shaft extending therethrough, means normally positioned to prevent removal of paper from the rack, said means being operated by the shaft, and means operatively connected to the shaft for attachment to the drawer of a cash register to operate the shaft and release the paper when the drawer is opened.

2. The combination with a cash register, and a paper holding rack adjacent thereto,

of a shaft, a guard member at one end of the shaft and normally positioned to prevent removal of the paper, a erankarm atthe o'ther end of the shaft, and a connection between the crank arm and a movablepart of'the cash register for actuating the shaft and moving thegu-ard member to'release the paper when the cash register isoperated,

3. The combination with a cash register,

a drawer, and a paper holdingr'rack adjacent thereto, of a'sha'ft, a, guard member at one end thereof and normallyppositioned:to

'link'connecti-ng the'cra nk arm to the drawer prevent removal of the paper from the rack, a crank arm at the other end of the shaft, a

15 of the cash register.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' ROBERT N. WHITE, JR.

Witnesses:

4 A. BEASLEY,

I. MGMILLA-N.

Copies of this patent may be obtain ed for -five cents eachgby addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington,' 1). '0. r 

